Interseismic Strain Localization in the San Jacinto Fault Zone

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 171, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2937-2954

  Lindsey, Eric O ^a   Sahakian, Valerie J ^a   Fialko, Yuri ^a   Bock, Yehuda ^a   Barbot, Sylvain ^b   Rockwell, Thomas K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anza; compliant zone; dislocation model; Fault zone; San Jacinto fault

Indexed keywords

CREEP; ELASTIC MODULI; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); GEODESY; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GEOMETRY; LOCKS (FASTENERS); SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRAIN;

ANZA; DISLOCATION MODELING; ELASTIC HALF SPACE; FAULT ZONE; GEODETIC OBSERVATION; INTER-SEISMIC PERIODS; INTERSEISMIC DEFORMATIONS; STRAIN LOCALIZATIONS;

STRAIN RATE;

CREEP; DEFORMATION; DISLOCATION; SEISMICITY; SHEAR MODULUS; SHEAR STRAIN; SLIP RATE; STRAIN RATE;

ANZA; CALIFORNIA; SAN JACINTO FAULT ZONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84911426295     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-013-0753-z     Document Type: Article

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